physalis definition

March 17, 2018 AZ Dictionary

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noun:

Any plant regarding the genus Physalis.

The good fresh fruit of such a plant, usually firm in surface with a mild, refreshing acidity.

A genus of herbaceous plants, of the gamopetalous order.Solanaceæ and tribe Solaneæ, characterized by the five-angled, broadly bell-shaped corolla, and the five-or ten-angled bladdery fruiting calyx remotely inclosing the much smaller globose berry.